Product Review: AG Re: Coil Curl Activator

This product never really appealed to me, honestly. The ingredients list was TOO long for my liking – when there are a bunch of ingredients in a product that are foreign to me, I just get all confused and don’t feel like dealing with it. Luckily, Naturally Curly sent me this product for free after I won a contest! I was like, “Woohoo, I have heard so many rave about this product and I got it for free! FTW!” Here are the ingredients:

They are pretty good, but boy, is that a long list or what? It’s also $18 for 6oz, hmmm…this stuff had better be good. Well…eh. The first time I used it I used it alone, as the tube said to. Big mistake – my curlies were fairly defined, but my fine spot on top and frizz-ay and my ends felt dry as my hair dried (magnesium sulfate can be drying). I actually ended up re-cowashing and trying again after getting on NC.com and seeing that many women found a good leave-in absolutely necessary with this product. So, I redid my hair with my trusty Shea Moisture Shea Butter Leave-In and the Re: Coil – and I had a great hair day! My hair wasn’t as weighed down as it is with some gels so I didn’t have to wait for my hair to dry for it to not flop over like I’m one of the Three Stooges. I was hype!! I started searching online to see if I could get this stuff on sale (cheapest I found was about $26 for 12 oz…still expensive but not AS bad).

Then I got ahold of myself and was like…perhaps I should try it a few more times. And I’ll say, geez, the results were NOT consistent. Sometimes my hair still felt dry if my LI was too light, sometimes it left a white film and I had to apply AV gel over it, sometimes my top was still frizzy. And sometimes, it looked pretty! Another good combo was AfroVeda Curl Define with the Re: Coil. Anywho, here’s my regularly scheduled breakdown of the product:

Consistency: Like a gel cream, easily absorbed for the most part.

Smell: Vanilla-ish, kind of like a cupcake. I liked it!

Pros: Fat clumpy curls that were not weighed down/when paired with the right products my hair was moisturized/non-stiff hold

Cons: Potentially drying/sometimes frizzy/needed a gel on top at times – which was silly to me, b/c in that case I could have easily skipped the Re: Coil and simply used a LI and gel/expensive!

Verdict: When I got good results, I really loved this stuff…but it just wasn’t consistent enough, especially for the price! I can use a $6 gel/cream or my flax seed gel and get good results as well. It just wouldn’t be worth $18 to me…however, I know that it’s easier to obtain this on the ground, so it’s always good to have an option if I find myself without product! (3 out of 5 curls)

3 comments

Thanks so much for your thorough review here. I was just about to buy this product, but now I’m thinking twice… I hate to waste money! But… you really have me curious about your “flax seed gel” – is that something you make at home? if so, how do you make it??

Yep, I make it at home! I actually need to do a post on the process and the potential ingredients you can add to customize it for your hair. I like adding honey, agave nectar, hemp seed oil. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂

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